Information Package / Course Catalogue
Nutritional Biochemistry
Course Code: GMP616
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

1. To ensure that students have a basic knowledge of the effects of nutrition on health by emphasizing the mechanisms of biochemical reactions and metabolism 2. Show the principles that are important to prevent nutrition-related diseases 3. Adapt knowledge about the relationship between nutrition and human metabolism to food systems

Course Content

Regulation of digestion, absorption, energy metabolism; Carbohydrate, fat, protein metabolism; Vitamin, mineral, trace element metabolism, absorption, toxicity; Inorganic nutrients; Free radicals, oxidative stress, antioxidants, enzymes: molecular mechanism and health; Nutritional principles for different ages, gender, and occupational groups, anthropometric measures, infection and immune system, nutrition and cardiovascular disorders, effects of nutrition on cancer, congenital metabolic disorders; Basic metabolic problems and regulatory diets.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Assoc. Prof. Olcay BOYACIOĞLU
Learning Outcomes
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Recommended or Required Reading
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Introduction to nutrition biochemistry, classification of biological structures
Week 2 - Theoretical
Digestion and absorption, digestion-resistant foods
Week 3 - Theoretical
Energy intake and expenditure, regulation of energy metabolism
Week 4 - Theoretical
Carbohydrate metabolism
Week 5 - Theoretical
Fat metabolism
Week 6 - Theoretical
Protein metabolism
Week 7 - Theoretical
Vitamin, mineral and trace element metabolism and function, requirements, sources, absorption and toxicity
Week 8 - Theoretical
Inorganic foods
Week 9 - Theoretical
Free radicals, oxidative stress, antioxidants, antioxidant enzymes: molecular mechanism and health effects
Week 10 - Theoretical
Nutritional principles for different age, gender, and occupational groups, anthropometric measures, infection and immune system
Week 11 - Theoretical
Nutrition and cardiovascular diseases
Week 12 - Theoretical
Effect of nutrition style on cancer
Week 13 - Theoretical
Congenital metabolic disorders
Week 14 - Theoretical
Basic metabolic problems and regulatory diets (osteoporosis, diabetes, rheumatism, kidney, digestive system, liver diseases)
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%50
Quiz4%10
Attending Lectures1%10
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory142370
Assignment228260
Midterm Examination129130
Final Examination139140
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)200
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
OÇ-1
1
OÇ-2
2
OÇ-3
2
OÇ-4
1
OÇ-5
1
OÇ-6
2
OÇ-7
1
OÇ-8
3
OÇ-9
1
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026